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Climate Change - Who's In Control?

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
How can both individuals and governments respond to climate change and take responsibility to reduce its effects on our environment? Here you will find three lessons filled with discussion, debate, and role-playing...
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Safety First

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students examine the dangers that may exist in their home. In this safety rules lesson, students complete a graphic organizer for the activities they like to do at home. Students draw a picture engaged in the activities and discuss their...
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Lesson 2: Draw a Fire-Safety Picture

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners illustrate fire safety practices. In this early childhood lesson plan, students identify fire hazards within the home, and discuss fire safety. Learners read mini-books based on fire safety, and then illustrate fire safety...
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Health & Safety

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the standards for health in the child care system. After watching a PowerPoint presentation, they plan healthy snacks for children. To end the instructional activity, they review the proper safety measures to...
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Fire Safety

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discuss how to behave if there is a fire.  In this fire prevention and awareness lesson, students review fire safety, review the procedures for leaving a house or building on fire and make rescue dogs.
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Health Education: Safety First

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners analyze situations to determine whether or not they are safe. In this personal health lesson, students collaborate to discuss the safety risks in 6 described game situations.
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Fabulous Felines: Keeping Cats Safe

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discover ways to protect their pets.  In this animal safety lesson, students role-play as pet "safety officers" and discuss how to make sure cats avoid dangers in the home.  Students complete many pet safety worksheets...
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Risk Watch Reporters Use Electrical Safety Eyes: Prevention is the Key

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students review three true electrical stories, research true dangers involved in electrical discharges, identify and work to eliminate electrical hazards in their homes, and create electrical safety message to share with peers.
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Clifford Goes to School and So Do We!

For Teachers K
Students use the story, "Clifford Goes to School," to investigate the value of rules as a means of keeping them safe. Following step-by step directions, the rules are placed on patterns and which are worn home.
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Pedestrian Safety for Students; Research and Class Discussion

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discover the causes of pedestrian trauma concerning students.  In this child safety lesson, students investigate the facts behind childhood trauma and discover why children are so often harmed in pedestrian trauma....
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KOG Ranger Program

Leading Causes of Wildfires in Oregon

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
You've heard of "wildfire season," but what types of weather and conditions lead to increased wildfires? Young firefighters learn about common sources of wildfires, safe ways to clear debris near their homes, and the most effective ways...
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Rainforest Alliance

How Do Jaguars and Howler Monkeys in Belize Depend on Us?

For Teachers 1st Standards
How does weather play a role in the lives of land and sea creatures? Find out with a lesson focused on habitats and the ways animals from different homes are connected. Here, learners explore how the life of a jaguar and howler...
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Make a Plan

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Youngsters are introduced to the concept of an emergency, develop plans and kits for addressing those emergencies, identify community helpers, and practice their phone number and address in this five-lesson mini-unit.
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Candlemaking

For Teachers 5th Standards
There might not be a butcher or baker, but you'll have a class full of candlestick makers after a hands-on lesson about candles make from beeswax. After a brief history of where beeswax comes from, young artisans craft their own...
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Escape Planning

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students make a fire escape plan. In this fire safety lesson, students share what they would do if there was a fire in their home. They discuss the importance of a home fire escape plan. They draw an escape plan diagram and review fire...
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Water Safety Checklist

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discuss water hazards and how to stay safe.  In this safety lesson, students read handouts and complete a water safety checklist to help themselves and their families.  
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Educate Yourself About Food Borne Illness

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the rules to food safety and how to keep foods from growing bacteria. In this food illness lesson students view a demonstration about bacteria complete a food safety test online.
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Earthquakes: Second Grade Lesson Plans and Activities

For Teachers 2nd Standards
What causes earthquakes? Second graders learn about stresses from plate movement with a set of hands-on activities. After tracing fault lines on a map with yarn, class members create a paper plate model of Earth to show its layers...
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Introduction to Welding

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore how to weld and the safety procedures that are in place. In this welding lesson students take a safety test on welding and once they know all the rules they use the angle grinder.
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Microorganisms: Good Guys or Bad Guys?

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students discover the role microorganisms play in our lives. In this decomposition lesson plan, students examine decaying foods and plants in order to analyze the different bacteria that grows. Students discuss the good and bad of...
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Are You an Animal Safety Sleuth?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine household hazards for pets. In this animal welfare lesson, students participate in 3 activities regarding the safety of their pets in their homes.
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Safety Words

For Teachers K - 8th
Students with limited verbalization practice word and sign recognition of safety words using flashcards and signing.
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Bushfires

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students study a natural disaster. In this fire safety lesson, students discover the facts about bushfires and what they can do to prevent them. They discuss facts about bushfires as a class and then work independently on an activity in...
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Health and Safety at Work

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners explore potential hazards of various work conditions. In this awareness lesson, students as a whole discuss health and safety issues on the jobsite, then complete a worksheet about the hazards of particular employees. The...